General description
The Panticosa Spa is located at an altitude of over 1600 meters, in the valley of Tena (Pyrenees of Huesca). In winter, the area is excellent for skiing. The spa is close to the ski resorts of Panticosa and Formigal (10 and 30 minutes by car, respectively).
The use of the spring of Tiberius has been known since Roman times. However, he lived a long period in which the spa fell into oblivion and it would not be until 1693 when he built the first "Casa de los Baños"
In the eighteenth century when the thermal activity is definitively established and the following century, the main buildings and gardens of the complex are built, after Ferdinand VII cedes the exploitation of the waters to private hands. Then 8 buildings were built to take advantage of the various sources in the area.
In 1966, Baños de Panticosa was declared Conjunto de Interés Turístico Nacional.
Description of the Balneario
As for the facilities themselves, the spa has three different water areas: the Tiberio Thermal Baths, the El Quiñón Thermal Spa and the Gran Hotel Thermal Spa
Public / common areas
Steam baths
Termas de Tiberio: The mineral-medicinal waters spring from the Tiberio spring at 53ºC. These facilities are distinguished in these facilities: the cabins area -where treatments are performed- and the pool area, which has an outdoor pool, beach, igloo, hydromassage pool, water curtains, aromatic pool, Finnish sauna, Turkish bath, and hammam.
El Quiñón Thermal Spa: It consists of two pools - hot and cold water, a vaporarium, a whirlpool with jets, a swan neck, a water bed, and two geysers. It also has an outdoor pool with jets at different heights.
Gran Hotel Thermal Spa: This area of the spa seeks to move the 5 senses, supporting the benefits of the mineral-medicinal waters with lighting and aromatherapy games. It includes a cold water well, thermal pool, vaporarium, and relaxation area. As in the other two water areas (Termas de Tiverio and Spa Termal del Gran Hotel), it is nourished by mineral-medicinal waters.
Type of waters
The Panticosa baths are nourished by six sources of nitrogenous and sulfurous waters, especially indicated for the treatment of renal, digestive, respiratory, rheumatic, nervous and skin conditions. These sources are: San Agustín, Tiberio, La Laguna, Fuente de la Belleza (or of the Stomach), Fuente del Carmen (or of the Herpes) and Azoada (or of the Liver).
Body treatments
Massages
Local (or Thai), complete (foot reflexology or lomi lomi-thai) or special (geothermal, chocolate, lymphatic drainage, sports, relaxing and aromatic) massages.
Treatments
The Panticosa Spa offers the usual aesthetic treatments and massages.
- Thermal programs, day plans, special packages of 2 or 3 days
- Body wraps
- Express treatments
- Pelotherapy (thermal muds/mud)
Body wraps and cocoons
Hotel
Hotel's description
The spa has two establishments:
The Gran Hotel (4 stars) was inaugurated in the "belle époque", in 1896 and restored in 2004. Next to it is the Casino building, with an original facade, listed as a National Tourist Interest. It has a huge garden, a thermal spa specializing in health and beauty, a restaurant, a cafeteria, a library with a fireplace, a social lounge, and meeting rooms.
The Hotel Continental (4 stars), a more modern establishment, has a cedar wood facade with huge glass windows designed by Rafael Moneo. It has 190 rooms, houses in building II, the El Quiñón Thermal Spa, and is communicated by a glass walkway with the Panticosa Spa. Facilities include a huge garden, bar, and lobby bar, two restaurants, a games room, and an Internet area.
Both offer rooms adapted for people with reduced mobility, non-smoking rooms, and family rooms.
Rooms
Main features
Other services
Reception's services
Common areas
Room service
Events
Shopping
Sport facilities
Food and Beverages
The restaurant of the Gran Hotel, El Lago Restaurant, is characterized by large windows and a beautiful viewpoint to Ibón de Baños. It offers tasting menus. Next to it is a cozy cafeteria.
The Continental Restaurant (in the Continental Hotel) seats 210 people and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner buffet style with market cuisine and traditional Pyrenean dishes.
Note: Due to COVID-19, breakfasts and dinners will be served in shifts, during check-in you can choose the time slot.
La Brasería Restaurant (on the first floor of the Hotel Continental) has a capacity for 70 people. Among its specialties are patatas bravas, nachos or Iberian sausages, and grilled meats.
The Hotel Continental also has a lobby bar for a drink in a quiet atmosphere.
Finally in the main square of the Panticosa Spa, is The Restaurant La Fontana (capacity for 40 people) for lovers of Italian cuisine. We will also find near there, the QBO, an open terrace, a meeting point for visitors or customers, mountaineers or curious.
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